April 2011

Learning
Lubricating your seals

We've had a leaky faucet on Scream for about a year now. A leaky faucet is a big deal when your fresh water supply is disappearing and you are a thousand miles from land. So you'll understand that we've tried everything to fix it. We've had it apart so regularly that we've broken bits that […]

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Learning
Breaking free from wifi

One thing that you'll notice when you start cruising is that most cruisers are addicted to the internet. Less so than our land loving brethren, but addicted none the less. Sure we go weeks without internet, but when cruisers are at anchor we stay in the places where there is wifi. You'll visit all kinds […]

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Travel
Campervaning New Zealand

We took a whirlwind, ten day, nine night tour of New Zealand by campervan. Here is our van. It has the boring name of "Delta 08", so we renamed it the Lois McKendrick, of Coffee Share fame. Lois seats four but only sleeps two. The interior space is cramped for sleeping and living, but not […]

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